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Emergency personnel try to contain a fire on 18 December 2014 at a warehouse at the main humanitarian logistics base in Conakry, Guinea, which contained...

The United Nations refugee agency voiced concern today over the “deteriorating situation” facing more than 400 members of a Muslim minority group trapped by the...

The International Monetary Fund, IMF,  is forecasting that Nigeria’s growth rate would slow to about 5 percent in 2015 as falling oil prices cut revenues...

Preliminary official results have still to be released by election authorities [AP] Polls have closed in Tunisia’s elections, the third in the last two months in...

South Sudanese opposition forces killed at least 11 civilians and rape others in what amounted to war crimes, the United Nations mission in South Sudan...

Tumbling oil prices are exacting a heavy toll on Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and one of the world’s most dependent on crude. The central bank...

Some energy analysts have challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to push for the passage of a law that demands companies in the extractive sector...

Nigeria ” Emerging Market” This was the year that Nigeria finally lived up to all its potential and became the largest economy in Africa –...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has left newly-installed Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in charge as he began his annual holiday, state radio announced Monday. The move...

 A lone gunman kept terrified staff and customers captive into Monday night in a downtown Sydney cafe, brandishing an Islamic flag, as five of his...

  French forces have either killed or captured nearly 200 jihadists in the Sahel region of west Africa in the past year, French Defence Minister...

Amid a proliferation of militant groups and “disquieting” levels of food insecurity, the situation in the Sahel has become increasingly fragile, a United Nations special...

Despite a volatile security situation and ongoing fighting throughout the country, the Central African Republic (CAR) is now entering “a critical phase” in its transition...

Mr Jimi Agbaje has won the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State defeating a former Minister of State for Defence,...

Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a police spokesman and security sources said. The sources...

By way of illustration, Nelson Mandela concludes his address with the phrases, ‘Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let...

Afrika Market is projecting Ambode As the Winner of Lagos state Governorship flag-bearer for APC After a much contending primaries within the ranks and files...

Today Lagosians is witnessing the battle of likely foes It will as Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State battles his god father and political benefactor,...